Yamato builds · Compy

Core build

17 items · buy in this order as souls allow

1. Restorative Shot
2. Melee Lifesteal
3. Stalker
4. Mystic Regeneration
5. Close Quarters
6. Radiant Regeneration
from Mystic Regeneration
7. Extra Regen
8. Bullet Resist Shredder
9. Healing Booster
from Extra Regen
10. Lifestrike
from Melee Lifesteal
11. Hunter's Aura
12. Recharging Rush
13. Melee Charge
14. Berserker
15. Express Shot
16. Crushing Fists
from Melee Charge
17. Colossus

Numbers are the purchase order. Continuation steps are this group's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game.

By stage

“Bought” is the share of this group that bought an item, not a win rate. Swaps are our advice from game text, not measured results.

Early

0–9 min

1
Restorative Shot
98% bought
2
Melee Lifesteal
100% bought
3
Stalker
98% bought
4
Mystic Regeneration
96% bought

Mid

9–20 min

5
Close Quarters
59% bought
6
Radiant Regeneration
100% bought
7
Extra Regen
70% bought
8
Bullet Resist Shredder
92% bought
9
Healing Booster
93% bought
10
Lifestrike
100% bought
11
Hunter's Aura
100% bought
12
Recharging Rush
76% bought
13
Melee Charge
63% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

Healing BoosterDebuff Reducer(Debuff Reducer replaces Healing Booster)
Enemies have several stuns, silences or roots
Why, and what changes
Shortens every debuff on you, and later upgrades into Unstoppable.
1,600 souls · game text: Bonus Health +90 Reduces the duration of all negative effects applied to you. Debuff Resist +25%

Late

20–30 min

14
Berserker
76% bought
15
Express Shot
64% bought
16
Crushing Fists
61% bought
17
Colossus
52% bought

Optional · not in the order

High-Velocity Rounds
40% bought
Extra Health
33% bought
Spirit Resilience
25% bought
Plated Armor
22% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

Express ShotToxic Bullets(Toxic Bullets replaces Express Shot)
Enemies heal a lot (lifesteal, healing items or healers)
Why, and what changes
Your bullets also cut the target's incoming healing.
3,200 souls · game text: Your bullets build up a Bleed on enemies, causing them to lose a percentage of their Max Health over time. Also reduces Incoming Healing on the bleeding target.…
ColossusMetal Skin(Metal Skin replaces Colossus)
Most of the enemy team's damage is bullets
Why, and what changes
Its active makes you immune to bullets for a few seconds.
- Active item: 1 of 4 active slots at the end.
- Costs 3,200 instead of 6,400 souls.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Bullet Resist +12% Become immune to bullets. Active Movespeed Penalty -1.5m Dash Distance -20% Duration 5.0s
Crushing FistsSpirit Resilience(Spirit Resilience replaces Crushing Fists)
Most of the enemy team's damage is spirit damage
Why, and what changes
Adds a large amount of spirit resist.
- Costs 3,200 instead of 6,400 souls.
3,200 souls · game text: Spirit Resist +30% Out of Combat Regen +3 When below 50% health, gain additional Spirit Resist. Health threshold 50 Spirit Resist +15%
BerserkerWarp Stone(Warp Stone replaces Berserker)
You need an escape or a gap-closer
Why, and what changes
Teleports you forward and briefly adds bullet resist.
- Active item: 2 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Teleport straight ahead, gaining Bullet Resist. Teleport Range 11m Bullet Resist +30% Buff Duration 6s

Oct 14, 2026 update · Oct 14, 2026–Oct 18, 2026 · updated Oct 18, 2026

Build details

Fixed snapshot: the filters on this site don't change it. Sample: Yamato, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026 (never more than 14 days): 3,710 matches, 53.8% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle group: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Lifestrike, Hunter's Aura, Radiant Regeneration. 1,783 of 3,710 matches (48%) built all three; 55.9% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 581 matches that reached 35:00. With fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order follows the median purchase order. Imbue targets are the most common choice (20+ records, 40%+ agreement).
Ranked Yamato matches by rank: Phantom 2,105 · Seeker 1,731 · Acolyte 1,737 · Oracle 1,850 · Mystic 1,274 · Sentinel 1,402 · Eternus 503 · Ritualist 1,406 · Emissary 1,467 · Initiate 819 · Ascendant 1,102.
Source: Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 18, 2026). Not claimed: that this is the best build or wins more than alternatives; no win rate is computed for the assembled build.

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Build source: generated, Phantom+ ranked sample
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Skill order

Rows in ability-slot order

The most common choice at each point among these 1,783 players; 754 used this exact order.

Yamato skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Power SlashPower Slash				Power Slash: Ability unlocked, step 4										Power Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Power Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Power Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Flying SlashFlying Slash		Flying Slash: Ability unlocked, step 2	Flying Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 3		Flying Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Flying Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Crimson SlashCrimson Slash	Crimson Slash: Ability unlocked, step 1							Crimson Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Crimson Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 9	Crimson Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 10
Shadow TransformationShadow Transformation						Shadow Transformation: Ability unlocked, step 6					Shadow Transformation: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Shadow Transformation: 2 AP upgrade, step 12	Shadow Transformation: 5 AP upgrade, step 13

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

The last point (Power Slash 5 AP) completes the order: many matches end before every point is spent, so it's placed where the 174 players who got that far usually took it.

Power Slash

Flying Slash

Crimson Slash

Shadow Transformation

Yamato - ONE SLASH IS ENOUGH - deadlocked.gg

by deadlocked.ggVersion 542Guide updated Oct 19, 2026Guide #722336

Matches started with it: 2,992
Won: 45.8%
Players: 2,552
In-game favourites: Not available (not match usage)

Items, as published

1EARLY GAME
Author's category
1. 1
  Spirit Strike
  Burst in lane
2. 2
  Mystic Shot
3. 3
  Melee Lifesteal
  Sustain
4. 4
  Restorative Shot
  Extra sustain
5. 5
  Extra Spirit
6. 6
  Mystic Burst
  Burst
2EARLY GAMEoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Healbane
  Anti heal - BUY It
2. 2
  Stalker
  Good item on Yamato
3. 3
  Extra Regen
  Extra survival
4. 4
3MID GAME
Author's category
1. 1
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
  Core
2. 2
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
  Extra damage
4. 4
4MID GAMEoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Counterspell
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
  Vs spirit burst
3. 3
  Bullet Resilience
  Vs weapon burst
4. 4
5LATE GAME
Author's category
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  Cdr
2. 2
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  Cdr
3. 3
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
  Burst
4. 4
6LATE GAMEoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Diviner's Kevlar
2. 2
  Mystic Reverb
  Luxury
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
  Debuffs
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Yamato - ONE SLASH IS ENOUGH - deadlocked.gg, one row per ability in slot order
Power SlashPower Slash				Power Slash: Ability unlocked, step 4		Power Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 6		Power Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Power Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

Power SlashPower Slash		Power Slash: Ability unlocked, step 2			Power Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Power Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 6	Power Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
Flying SlashFlying Slash			Flying Slash: Ability unlocked, step 3					Flying Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Flying Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 9							Flying Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Crimson SlashCrimson Slash	Crimson Slash: Ability unlocked, step 1									Crimson Slash: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Crimson Slash: 2 AP upgrade, step 11		Crimson Slash: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Shadow TransformationShadow Transformation				Shadow Transformation: Ability unlocked, step 4								Shadow Transformation: 1 AP upgrade, step 12		Shadow Transformation: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Shadow Transformation: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

Core build